Anything you wish you would have done different?
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10-21-2016, 09:51 PM
#48
10-21-2016, 10:46 PM
A Vega panel wagon! You can't be serious! It would have rusted away by how.
#49
10-22-2016, 08:10 AM
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Is that a long tube headers I see under that Drew, they were nice little cars..
#50
10-22-2016, 08:23 AM
#51
10-22-2016, 11:45 AM
Just to clarify, I just wish I had kept the Vega and looked for a better F100 than the one I wound up with. I wanted to do some custom touches, just not to the degree that I found myself going due to the condition.
#52
10-22-2016, 04:24 PM
Hi Jason.
sound deadener is a great idea, but the stuff I bought from Johnny Law motors was one step above the kind of foil you wrap your chicken in when you bake him.
The advantage of the shackles as far as I can tell is primarily to lower or raise the height, which they do. The quality of the rear y hanger is very poor and does nto compare to the original (Midfifty even say this, and I think they are correct). I didn't detect any advantage with the poly bushes. In fact, I think it rides a little harsher if anything. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with how it came out. I have plenty of options to lower the truck how I want it now, and it is a lot cheaper than a 4 link. But if I had the cash, I go a different direction.
Cheers mate.
Peter
sound deadener is a great idea, but the stuff I bought from Johnny Law motors was one step above the kind of foil you wrap your chicken in when you bake him.
The advantage of the shackles as far as I can tell is primarily to lower or raise the height, which they do. The quality of the rear y hanger is very poor and does nto compare to the original (Midfifty even say this, and I think they are correct). I didn't detect any advantage with the poly bushes. In fact, I think it rides a little harsher if anything. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with how it came out. I have plenty of options to lower the truck how I want it now, and it is a lot cheaper than a 4 link. But if I had the cash, I go a different direction.
Cheers mate.
Peter
#53
10-22-2016, 05:18 PM
Charlieled my first F100, ran an AOD behind a 4V 72' 351C out of a Torino. I loved it.
I wish IN A shock of IRONY I had listened to the early 30s Donald versus the late 30s version. The younger one always thought in my specific situation it would be better to BUY than build A 56'. Especially if one that had 80% or greater details I like. Now in my late 40s the Build-a-56 is a much greater taxing journey than a BUY a 56' would have been...
While Drewski would have preferred a better base to start with I would preferred BUYING a running 56' built along my preferences..
I wish IN A shock of IRONY I had listened to the early 30s Donald versus the late 30s version. The younger one always thought in my specific situation it would be better to BUY than build A 56'. Especially if one that had 80% or greater details I like. Now in my late 40s the Build-a-56 is a much greater taxing journey than a BUY a 56' would have been...
While Drewski would have preferred a better base to start with I would preferred BUYING a running 56' built along my preferences..
#55
10-22-2016, 08:57 PM
Hi man.
Even writing the words "electric windows" sends me into fits of convulsions.
(one hour later)
Sorry, had to get over my fit from writing "electric windows"
(another hour later)
Do you get where I am coming from? I think fitting these up consumed about four solid weekends and they are still not great. I mean, they go up and down, but not superbly. I cracked two side windows out of frustration and seriously considered selling the truck. In fact, I actually DID put the truck on ebay, deciding to walk away from it. Vowing that I would not go near that thing until hell freezed over. No matter what happened. I was finished. Done. The end.
Anyway, an hour later I was back out there, truck off ebay and into it for the fifth weekend.
Thing is, I don't think it is an easy job, and it is high on the frustration factor, but there really isn't that much to think about apart from lining them up with spacers etc. It should be easy. But, I found spending a day with my in laws to be only marginally worse.
Don't let me discourage you. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. And after doing the windows, I reckon I can outlift anything Brian Shaw can lift
Cheers mate
Peter
Even writing the words "electric windows" sends me into fits of convulsions.
(one hour later)
Sorry, had to get over my fit from writing "electric windows"
(another hour later)
Do you get where I am coming from? I think fitting these up consumed about four solid weekends and they are still not great. I mean, they go up and down, but not superbly. I cracked two side windows out of frustration and seriously considered selling the truck. In fact, I actually DID put the truck on ebay, deciding to walk away from it. Vowing that I would not go near that thing until hell freezed over. No matter what happened. I was finished. Done. The end.
Anyway, an hour later I was back out there, truck off ebay and into it for the fifth weekend.
Thing is, I don't think it is an easy job, and it is high on the frustration factor, but there really isn't that much to think about apart from lining them up with spacers etc. It should be easy. But, I found spending a day with my in laws to be only marginally worse.
Don't let me discourage you. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. And after doing the windows, I reckon I can outlift anything Brian Shaw can lift
Cheers mate
Peter
#56
10-22-2016, 10:35 PM
Yep, I put a 350/350 engine trans, my wife upholstered the inside and it was my daily driver. It was really quick and a lot of fun to drive. I know that a lot of people said they had rust problems, but I found nothing in this one and I also had another wagon that was rust free. The yellow one in the background was a rust bucket but it came from up north, so I wasn't surprised.
Just to clarify, I just wish I had kept the Vega and looked for a better F100 than the one I wound up with. I wanted to do some custom touches, just not to the degree that I found myself going due to the condition.
Just to clarify, I just wish I had kept the Vega and looked for a better F100 than the one I wound up with. I wanted to do some custom touches, just not to the degree that I found myself going due to the condition.
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10-23-2016, 03:02 PM
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This is a very interesting post, and look forward to reading more posts, as I am in the middle of mine and had the idea to change to a single side window as well. My plan was to do A/C, so I don't know if it will matter or not. The suspension stuff I have taken care of(I hope) by putting C4 Corvette in, front and back, boxed the frame, etc. Since it's been 12 or so years since I started, and never driven it, we will see. I have a long way to go, and after a lot of life has happened since I started, want to get back at it. I'm just starting to do the plumbing, and have been doing a lot of head scratching trying to wrap my head around that.